GH Vocab

Grandiose

Grandiose

adj, ridiculously exaggerated

Genteel

adj, polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected way

Guile

n, deceit; cunning

Gait

n, a manner or rate of movement or progress

Genuflect

v, to bend the knee as in worship

Galvanize

v, to stimulate or excite

Garnish

v, to decorate or embellish

Germane

adj, relevant

Gauche

adj, clumsy; boorish; rude

Guise

n, external appearance

Hackneyed

adj, lacking in freshness or originality

Halcyon

adj, characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity

Histrionic

adj, overly dramatic in behavior or speech

Harrowing

adj, traumatic; distressing

Heathen

n, a strange or uncivilized person, one without religion

Haggard

adj, having a worn appearance

Hovel

n, shack; wretched living quarters

Homily

n, a sermon; a tedious moralizing discourse

Haughtiness

n, an expression of pride made to make others feel inferior

Hone

v, to sharpen